White Album key visual by Andrei Kovalev: draped white fabric and a bare branch form a quiet still life.

White Album art

In February 2017, the band Burito commissioned me to create key visuals for their upcoming White Album. I brought in the stylist Tali Rutman as my creative partner.

Burito is an alternative electronic band. No, the name has nothing to do with Mexican food: it’s three Japanese characters, Bu (warrior), Ri (truth) and To (sword).

A Burito musician in white robes and a topknot, a sword at his belt, before patchwork white drapes.

A figure in white carries a pole hung with white ribbons through a snowy set with red sticks.

A figure in a veiled straw hat and red striped trousers stands among red sticks.

A man with a green-painted face in a teal patterned robe stands behind sheer curtains.

A man in a brown fur coat with a tall white collar stands among bare white branches.

A Burito musician in white robes and a topknot, a sword at his belt, before patchwork white drapes.

A figure in white carries a pole hung with white ribbons through a snowy set with red sticks.

A figure in a veiled straw hat and red striped trousers stands among red sticks.

A man with a green-painted face in a teal patterned robe stands behind sheer curtains.

A man in a brown fur coat with a tall white collar stands among bare white branches.

For the second time, we played with reimagining samurai costumes.

A Burito musician in a cap and black costume among black spears, from the 2015 shoot.

A Burito musician in a cap and black costume among black spears, from the 2015 shoot.

Yes, the White Album wasn’t my first job with Burito: see my shoot for their debut album. And don’t miss Buritō Kōsu, my craziest photography course.

A man in a pink quilted cape stands in a shower of pink petals on a white set.

The five members of Burito in their White Album costumes pose together on the white set.

A man in a pink quilted cape stands in a shower of pink petals on a white set.

The five members of Burito in their White Album costumes pose together on the white set.

Production crew

Client: Velvet Music, an independent music production agency · Stylist and costume designer: Tali Rutman · Hair and make-up: Masha Vorslav · Producers: Aliona Kondyurina, Anna Bednieri · Assistants: Timur Ivanov, Natalia Eremina · BTS videographer: Kirill Gantsev

The five members of Burito in their White Album costumes pose together on the white set. — Behind the scenes of the White Album shoot, 2017

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